Financials - extension to support Thai wife

[colinchaffers]

Does anyone know if you can use a RTF (Retirement fund) to fulfil the financials of an extension based on supporting a Thai wife? It can be taken out at any time so should suffice.

 

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[ubonjoe]

Where is the fund at?

The requirement is 400k baht in a Thai bank for 2 months or proof of 40k baht income.

[colinchaffers]

Bangkok bank Thailand, its been there 4 years

[ubonjoe]

It should be accepted.  You should check with your local office to confirm they will accept it.

[colinchaffers]

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

It should be accepted.  You should check with your local office to confirm they will accept it.

Thanks Joe, I plan to do that on my next 90 day report ????

[ParadiseLost]

With all the talk about UK embassy cutting off the income letter, I was surprised to learn, after 13 years, that income could be used from outside Thailand, to procure a marriage extension?

 

I have always been under the impression the only income allowed is that which is earned in Thailand, with a supporting WP.

 

If I read correctly the immigration department are saying if you can't get the income letter you need to show money deposited into a Thai bank account; but are they going to want some sort of verification?

 

In my case, I have a bank account outside of both Thailand and my passport country which is effectively my retirement fund. Could I simply transfer 40k baht into Thailand every month and use a bank statement showing this in place of 400k deposit, with no supporting documents?

[ParadiseLost]

17 hours ago, ParadiseLost said:

I have always been under the impression the only income allowed is that which is earned in Thailand, with a supporting WP. 

 

17 hours ago, ParadiseLost said:

Could I simply transfer 40k baht into Thailand every month and use a bank statement showing this in place of 400k deposit, with no supporting documents?

Hi ubonjoe, can you comment on these two points please...

[ubonjoe]

27 minutes ago, ParadiseLost said:

I have always been under the impression the only income allowed is that which is earned in Thailand, with a supporting WP.

That is not correct. It can be income from outside the country. I am on my 11th extension based upon marriage doing it that way.

28 minutes ago, ParadiseLost said:

Could I simply transfer 40k baht into Thailand every month and use a bank statement showing this in place of 400k deposit, with no supporting documents?

Yes you can.

[JackThompson]

21 hours ago, ParadiseLost said:

If I read correctly the immigration department are saying if you can't get the income letter you need to show money deposited into a Thai bank account;

To my knowledge, only the BE has said this - not Thai Immigration.   We are still waiting to find out what Immigration will accept in-lieu of the embassy-letter (if anything), for Brits who cannot get the letter any more.

 

As to the rest of us, AFAIK, we still need the embassy-letter, and may also be asked to back it up with some evidence.  It is the "backup evidence" where deposits into a Thai acct could (depending on the office and IO) be accepted as proof.

 

Hopefully the Minister will issue something which nails-down what is needed in concrete terms, so that local-offices cannot play games with the rules.  Also hopefully, whatever is decided is not something draconian, which would make life difficult for good people who contribute to the Thai economy.